Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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